Tonight we will watch the Oscars at the home of Best and Oldest. She’s a screenwriter with lots of film biz smarts. So it should be fun.

We will, of course, be rooting for all the nominees with Brooklyn connections.

PARK SLOPE
First and foremost, we wish NOAH BAUMBACH all the luck that Park Slope can muster in his bid for the original screenwriting Oscar. Noah you and your brilliant film, THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, make Park Slope proud. GO NOAH!!

BOREUM HILL
Next, we’re proud as punch to be neighbors of HEATH LEDGER AND MICHELLE WILLIAMS. Brooklyn continues to be the cool celebrity locale. And both of them were stellar in Brokeback Mountain.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS

EVEN TRUMAN CAPOTE is a bit of a Brooklyn star. He wrote "IN COLD BLOOD" while living in a brownstone share in Brooklyn Heights. PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN as Capote is, in my opinion, the true owner of the 2006 Best Actor Oscar. You just have to look at that adorable, scruffy man to KNOW that his portrayal of Truman was a skillful act of transformation. 

PAUL GIAMATTI, the beloved star of SIDEWAYS is up for another Oscar in CINDERELLA MAN. I never saw the film. But Brooklyn is rooting for Paul, anyway!!!